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In-house R&D expenditure. By sectors performance

In-house R&D expenditure. Total 2021
Value % over total
Catalonia 4,078.7 100.0
Spain 17,249.3 (p) Provisional value 100.0
European Union-27 328,487.6 (p) Provisional value 100.0
Units: Millions of euros.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(p) Provisional value.
In-house R&D expenditure. Business enterprises and PNP (1) 2021
Value % over total
Catalonia 2,505.1 61.4
Spain 9,752.2 (p) Provisional value 56.5
European Union-27 218,697.5 (p) Provisional value 66.6
Units: Millions of euros.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Businesses and PNP: Private non-profit sector.
(p) Provisional value.
In-house R&D expenditure. Higher education sector 2021
Value % over total
Catalonia 850.3 20.8
Spain 4,587.0 (p) Provisional value 26.6
European Union-27 70,842.5 (p) Provisional value 21.6
Units: Millions of euros.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(p) Provisional value.
In-house R&D expenditure. Government sector 2021
Value % over total
Catalonia 723.3 17.7
Spain 2,910.0 (p) Provisional value 16.9
European Union-27 38,947.7 (p) Provisional value 11.9
Units: Millions of euros.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(p) Provisional value.

Last update: March 27, 2023.

RD

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Statistics on R&D Activities (RD).

Methodological note

Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications.

The main breakdown of R&D statistics is by four institutional sectors of performance. These four sectors of performance are the business enterprise sector (BES), the government sector (GOV), the higher education sector (HES) and the private non-profit sector (PNP).